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To the couples' chagrin, in early September the couple heard from the Fieldstone Homeowners Association who said that that the flag wasn't permitted on their property because it wasn't mounted to their home.

WTHR reports that the association offered to fly the Missing in Action/ Prisoner of War (POW/MIA) flag from the community flagpole and they said that Willits could hang his American flag from a bracket above his garage.

The other option for the couple is that they don't move the flag and pay a $500 fine.

'We have absolutely no plans to take it down,' Judy Willits told FoxNews.com.

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'It would be kind of a bloody situation if we had to take the flag down at this point.'

The couple says they won't pay the $500 either.

'He’s paid his price,' she continued.

'He doesn't deserve this kind of treatment. And we never thought this would be a problem.'

Even the local authorities are on the Willits' side and have voiced their support of keeping the flagpole.

A group of Hoosier veterans showed their support in Monday afternoon outside of the flagpole to salut their neighbor's resilience.

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'That flag is for the freedom of every person in here. It represents freedom.'

Judy Willits said that the Homeowners Association is upset that the flag is in the middle of a flower bed in the front lawn.

'They want to penalize us for having the flag,' she said.

'They say it’s too hard for landscapers to mow, but it’s not in the way. Our argument is it doesn't hurt anybody.'

The Homeowners Association said they don't know how they will proceed if the Willits don't move their flag and don't pay the fine.

Kate Eckert of the homeowners board said it's the flagpole, not the flag that's causing the problem.

'We do not tell anyone they cannot fly a flag,' she told FOX last week.

'What we are having a problem with is the flagpole. Flagpoles are not allowed in this association. It’s never, ever been about the flag, which that’s what seems to come to the foreground all the time,' she concluded.